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Maine State College

The University of Maine
University of Maine seal.png
Motto Dirigo (Latin)
Motto in English
I Guide
Type Public
Flagship
Sea grant
Land grant
Space grant
Established 1865
Endowment $179.9 million (2016)
President Susan J. Hunter
Academic staff
720
Students 11,219 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates 9,323 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates 1,896 (Fall 2016)
Location Orono, Maine, U.S.
44°53′58″N 68°40′05″W / 44.8994°N 68.6681°W / 44.8994; -68.6681Coordinates: 44°53′58″N 68°40′05″W / 44.8994°N 68.6681°W / 44.8994; -68.6681
Campus Rural
Colors Dark blue, Light blue, and White
              
Athletics NCAA Division IAmerica East, Hockey East, CAA
Nickname Black Bears
Affiliations University of Maine System
APLU
UArctic
Mascot Black Bear (Bananas the Bear)
Website www.umaine.edu
250   University of Maine Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district  Show map of MaineShow map of the USLocation Munson, Sebec, and Schoodic Rds., Orono, MaineArea 660 acres (267.1 ha) (entire campus)13 acres (5.3 ha) (original historic district)57 acres (23 ha) (increased historic district)Built 1868Architect MultipleArchitectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Other, Greek RevivalNRHP reference # 78000194[4] (original)10000228 (increase)Significant datesAdded to NRHP July 12, 1978Boundary increase April 27, 2010
University rankings
National
Forbes 458
U.S. News & World Report 183
Washington Monthly 222
Global
U.S. News & World Report 700

The University of Maine (also referred to as UMaine, Maine or UMO) is a public research university in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. The University of Maine is one of only nine land, sea and space grant institutions in the nation.

With an enrollment of approximately 11,000 students, UMaine is the state's largest research university and the only institution in Maine classified as a research university (RU/H) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The University of Maine's athletic teams, nicknamed the Black Bears, are Maine's only Division I athletics program.

The University of Maine was founded in 1862 as a function of the Morrill Act, signed by President Lincoln. Established in 1865 as the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, the Maine College opened on September 21, 1868 and changed its name to the University of Maine in 1897.

By 1871, curricula had been organized in Agriculture, Engineering, and electives. The Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station was founded as a division of the university in 1887. Gradually the university developed the Colleges of Life Sciences and Agriculture (later to include the School of Forest Resources and the School of Human Development), Engineering and Science, and Arts and Sciences. In 1912 the Maine Cooperative Extension, which offers field educational programs for both adults and youths, was initiated. The School of Education was established in 1930 and received college status in 1958. The School of Business Administration was formed in 1958 and was granted college status in 1965. Women have been admitted into all curricula since 1872. The first master's degree was conferred in 1881; the first doctor's degree in 1960. Since 1923 there has been a separate graduate school.


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